New figures suggest that English A&E departments see the most attendances on a Monday morning, when they deal with double the hourly average.
Departments across England collectively deal with around 4,000 cases per hour between 10 am and 12 noon on a Monday, compared to the typical hourly average of 2,000; according to new analysis for 2011-12. The Monday peak also occurred in 2010-11 according to a recent report Accident and Emergency Attendances in England (experimental statistics) 2011/12. While more attendances occur during the Monday peak, the attendee pattern within this period (such as by age, gender and region) is broadly the same as the pattern at other times.
